Brilliant Digital Unveils Multipath Movie Development Slate Optimized for the Upcoming Intel Pentium III Processor.

SAN JOSE and LOS ANGELES, Calif.--Feb. 17, 1999--Brilliant(tm) Digital Entertainment, Inc. (AMEX:BDE; http://www.multipathmovies.com), a leading interactive entertainment content and tools developer, today unveiled its slate of four interactive entertainment products that are being specifically developed to take advantage of the enhanced performance features of the new Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processor. The titles, which utilize Brilliant Digital's proprietary Multipath(tm) Movie production process and browser-based Digital Projector(tm) technology, enable viewers to interact with the digitally animated, 3-D stories by making decisions that influence the progression of the plot and the ultimate outcome of each episode. The titles are being developed for the Pentium III processor by Brilliant. The titles and their anticipated launch timeframes are as follows:

Xena: Warrior Princess - Death in Chains (release expected

Q2) Join the legendary Xena on a thrilling quest -- you are

right beside her in the excitement and action! You must

decide where the trail takes Xena and Gabrielle in their

bare-fisted battle to free the Goddess Celesta from King

Sisyphus.

Superman - Menace of Metallo (release expected Q2)

Represents the first installment of the Multipath Adventures

of Superman, highlighting the world renown "Man of Steel."

Join Superman as he must use his super powers to save the

universe from destruction by the menacing Metallo and to

recover the stolen Time Warp Ray.

KISS-Immortals (release expected Q4) KISS-Immortals marks

Brilliant Digital's collaboration and joint venture with the

legendary rock band, KISS, to produce a new genre in

interactive music entertainment and Brilliant's first

music-oriented Multipath project.

Staggered Learning; an educational title (release expected

Q4) An important training and educational benefit of the

Multipath Movie architecture is its ability to allow content

to interact with, and respond to, the user. In the

educational setting, content becomes more or less

challenging based on a student's (more) performance. This

Internet-only, Pentium III processor optimized educational

title will demonstrate the benefits of the new processor as

well as the educational applications and opportunities of

Brilliant's technology and production capabilities.

"Intel is pleased that Brilliant Digital's innovative new titles take advantage of the Pentium III processor platform," said Tom Galvin, director of Entertainment and Education Market Development at Intel Corporation. "The technical advances of the Pentium III processor enable Brilliant to achieve greater realism and fluidity that make for a compelling multimedia experience for PC users."

Kevin Bermeister, president of Brilliant Digital, commented, "Staying at the forefront of technical achievements in the computer industry is an important facet of our operating strategy. Using this strategy, we have taken advantage of the performance enhancements of the Pentium III processor to create a dramatically improved interactive consumer entertainment experience.

"With the Pentium III processor, we have made clearly visible improvements in the quality and realism of our 3-D graphics by utilizing the processor's ability to support higher polygon resolution and special effects while increasing frame rates. In addition, the processor supports the rendering, in real time, of greater detail including shadows and more fluid motion. The higher CPU performance also allows the rendering of `skinned' 3-D characters instead of rigid jointed models. Responses to current development episodes have been very favorable, making us quite eager for the second quarter launch of our first two optimized products."

About Brilliant Digital Entertainment:

Brilliant Digital Entertainment is the production studio responsible for creating Multipath Movies, a new generation of digital entertainment to be distributed over the Internet, on CD-ROM, as television programming and for home video. Multipath Movies are developed using proprietary, technologically advanced software tools that produce three-dimensional, digitally animated stories, each with multiple user-influenced plot alternatives or paths that lead to a variety of distinct conclusions. Brilliant Digital Entertainment (http://www.multipathmovies.com) has formed strategic alliances with Packard Bell NEC, CompuServe, British Telecom, DVD EXPRESS and @Home to distribute its Multipath Movies over the Internet's World Wide Web and has acquired the exclusive worldwide interactive rights to Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers for the Choose Your Own Adventure series of interactive books. Brilliant has also signed content license agreements for the following properties: Ace Ventura (Morgan Creek Productions), KISS, Popeye (King Features), Superman (DC Comics) and Xena (Universal Studios).. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA with offices in Bondi Junction and Double Bay, Australia and Middlesex, England.

Information about Forward Looking Statements

Statements in this news release that relate to future plans, financial results or projections, events or performance are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include Brilliant's projection of the anticipated launch date of each of the four titles discussed in this release. Actual release dates of one or more of the listed titles may differ materially due to a variety of factors. Brilliant's ability to release these titles on a timely basis is subject to a number of factors and risks including the Company's ability to complete scripting and production of the content and to obtain approvals from third party licensors which may be arbitrarily withheld. Also, Brilliant's ability to release the listed titles on a timely basis is subject to the successful completion of quality assurance testing and the delays which may be caused by the discovery of bugs and errors. Information about certain additional factors is contained in the Company's most recently filed Form 10-KSB report and 10-QSB report and are available from Brilliant Digital Entertainment's Investor Relations department and may be obtained by calling or writing to our investor relations company, Jaffoni & Collins at 212-835-8500 or [e-mail].